Air stand



O. P. :CANADAY.

AIR STAND.

APPLICATION FlLED JAN-22, 1920.

1,412, 1000 Patented Apr. 11, 1922.

INVENTOR Orpha P Canclcloy ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES ORIHA P. CANADAY, 0F FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

Am STAND.

1,412,1oo.' i

Application filed January 22, 1920. SeriaI No. 353,163.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ORPHA P. GANADAY, acitizen of'the United States, residing at Fort Wayne, in the county ofAllen and Stateof Indiana, haveinvented new and useful Improvements inAir Stands, of which the fol: lowing is a specification.

The invention relates to air stands or devices by which air underpressure may be convenientlyand readily supplied for various uses. Themodern garage and filling station practice is to furnish air underpressure for inflating the tires of motor vehicles, the same being ledfrom the' air compressor or storage tank through a suitable pipe to theexterior of the building where a hose connected to the pipe isaccessible for attachment to the tire. The object of the invention is toprovide a novel form of stand for supporting the hose in convenientpositionto readily reach any Wheel of the vehicle and p at the same timeaffording a maximum of protection to the hose against injuryn In theaccompanying drawings I have illustrated an embodiment of the inventionin whichn I Figure 1 is an elevational view of the stand in operativeposition; Figure 2' is a side elevational view of the hose tiltablesupport; Figure 3 is a plan view of the same; Figure 4: i a sideelevational viewmof the tiltable support in enlarged scale and partly em section; Figure 5 a front elevational view of the tiltable andrevoluble supports partly in section, and Figure 6 a crosssection-of thetitltable and revoluble supports on line 6-6 of Figure 4,

Referring to the drawings 10 indicates a suitable pipe orvhousing havingits lower end suitably anchored in the ground or to any other desirableobject and 11 indicates the pipe leading from the aircompressororstorage tank of air under pressure, the pipebeing extended up throughpipe 10 and provided at its upper end with a suitable hose coupling 12.The upper end of the pipe 10 is exteriorly threaded to engage in thelower end of casting 13 revolubly mounted on the threaded end of pipe 10and having two upstanding arms or bifurcations 14:, the base of thecasting being. apertured at 15 to receive the said upper end of pipe 10and to permit the coupling 12 to be readily accessible. Notches 16 areformed in the upper ends of the bifurcations to revolubly support trun-Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Ap1'..1 1, 1922.

nions 17 projecting laterally from opposite sides of member 18. Member18 iscentrally' cored to form a cavity 19 opening towards coupling 12and to afford ample space in said member within whichhose 20 secured tocoupling 12 may move to accommodate all movements of member 18. 'Aforward projection 21 on member 18 is apertured to rece1ve'pipe'22, theaperture 23 being extended nwardly to open into cavity 19 and throughwhich tended. The pipe '22 is ofsuflicientlength to cause its outer endto come well over the vtop of the vehicle which has been drawn upalongside of the stand so that the hose, or

the portion thereof projecting "from theouter-end of pipe 22 will beaccessible for reaching either of the outer wheels of the vehlcle adacent the stand without necessarily touching the ground.

Arm 24 extends upwardly and rearwardly from member 18 and carries at-itsouter end a weight 25 which 1 tends to descend to its lower mostposition and thereby rock member 18 upwardlyand' elevate pipe 22'intosubstantiallya verticalposition as shown in dotted outline in F ig. 1.If desirable a counterweight 26 may be adjustably mounted on the arm andsecured in any-adjusted position by-set screw 27. Normally pipe 22 is invertical position, the'projecting portion of the hose extending welldown toward the aperture and pipe 22 the hose is exground. The user, bygrasping the hose may both Swing-the pipe laterally on the housing andalso tilt 'it on'member 13. When tilted downwardly from its normalupright position pipe 22 will extend outwardlywell over the top ofthevehicle so that the hose projecting from its outer ends will beavailable to reach either of the outer wheels of the vehicle and therebyavoid contact of the hose with the ground unnecessarily. At the sametime the hose readily reaches either of the inner wheels. When the pipe22 is tilted downwardly weight 25 rises, chain 28 secured to housing orpipe 10 and to arm 24 limiting the upward movement of the weight and arm24. Any suitable valve 29 may be secured to the outer end of hose 20.

It is to be noted that as arm 24 is substantially right angular in shapethe arm or portion thereof carrying'the weight is substantially parallelto pipe 22 and is above the pivotal point of member 18. This loca-Lazaro-o member 18 form the cavity therein through which the hosepasses. The pivotal point of the member 18 is substantially mid- Waybetween the-entrance to pipe 22 and the upper edge of the hose couplinghence the portion of the hose between said entrance and said upper edgeis substantially the same on each side of said pivotal point, and therefore no sharp hends occur in said portion of the hose when pipe 22 isrotated or tilted. This freedom of movement of the hose Within thepivotai support of the pipe and the support given to the hose by pipe 22fully protects the hose from injury. Vfhen the hose is reieased afteruse the descent of Weight 25 restores pipe 22 to vertical position andthe hose then hangs down alongside of the housing and need not be orsuch iength as to reach the ground. Pipe 22 may he of any desiredlength, the Weight or counterweight on arm at being regulated to performits function or their functions accord ing to the len of pipe 22 andlength of hose.

What I claim is: A device of the character described co prising aholiovv standard, a bracket stern disposed at the topot said hollowstandard and capable or turning movement thereon, a pair of bracket armscarried loy said stem a support journaled between the ends or saidbracket arms, a hoilovv arm carried by said support and'movahie in avertical plane between said bracket arms, said hollow arm having counterWeight one end and a mouth piece at the other end, and a supply hosecarried by said standard and extending through said hoiiow arm forengagement With said mouth piece.

In witness whereof I have hereunto suloscrihed my name this 19th day ofJanuary 1220.

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